~ Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality. ~  ~ Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons. ~ ~ Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relative to other matter; second, telling other people to do so. ~ ~ A stupid man's report of what a clever man says is never accurate because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand. ~ ~ One of the troubles about vanity is that it grows with what it feeds on. The more you are talked about, the more you will wish to be talked about ~ ~ Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it. ~ ~ Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it. ~ ~ In order to be happy we require all kinds of supports to our self-esteem. We are human beings, therefore human beings are the purpose of god's creation ~ ~ Science is what you know. Philosophy is what you don't know ~ ~ As soon as we abandon our own reason, and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our troubles. ~ ~ A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it. ~ ~ Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you desire glory, you may envy Napoleon, but Napoleon envied Caesar, Caesar envied Alexander, and Alexander, I daresay, envied Hercules, who never existed. ~ ~ Our instinctive emotions are those that we have inherited from a much more dangerous world, and contain, therefore, a larger portion of fear than they should. ~ ~ The aggression committed by Israel must be condemned, not only because no state has the right to annexe foreign territory, but because every expansion is an experiment to discover how much more aggression the world will tolerate. ~ ~ No one gossips about other people's secret virtues. ~ Most Popular Topics:
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